screen

3a frame containing a mesh that is placed over a window or opening to keep out insects

4a decorated partition, esp. in a church around the choirSee also→
rood→
1

5a sieve

6a system for selecting people, such as candidates for a job

7the wide end of a cathode-ray tube, esp. in a television set, on which a visible image is formed

8a white or silvered surface, usually fabric, placed in front of a projector to receive the enlarged image of a film or of slides

9♦
the screenthe film industry or films collectively

10(Photog)a plate of ground glass in some types of camera on which the image of a subject is focused before being photographed

11(Printing)a glass marked with fine intersecting lines, used in a camera for making half-tone reproductions

12men or ships deployed around and ahead of a larger military formation to warn of attack or protect from a specific threat

13(Sport)(chiefly U.S. and Canadian)a tactical ploy in which a player blocks an opponent's view

14(Psychoanal)anything that prevents a person from realizing his true feelings about someone or something

15(Electronics)See→
screen gridvbtr

16sometimes foll by: offto shelter, protect, or conceal

17to sieve or sort

18to test or check (an individual or group) so as to determine suitability for a task, etc.

19to examine for the presence of a disease, weapons, etc.the authorities screened five hundred cholera suspects

20to provide with a screen or screens

21to project (a film) onto a screen, esp. for public viewing

22(Printing)to photograph (a picture) through a screen to render it suitable for half-tone reproduction

23(Sport)(chiefly U.S. and Canadian)to block the view of (an opposing player)(C15: from Old French escren (French écran); related to Old High German skrank, German Schrank cupboard)♦
screenableadj♦
screenern♦
screenfuln♦
screenlikeadj

big screennan informal name for the→
cinema

fire screenn

1a decorative screen placed in the hearth when there is no fire

2a screen placed before a fire to protect the face from intense heat

fluorescent screenna transparent screen coated on one side with a phosphor that fluoresces when exposed to X-rays or cathode rays

organ screenna wooden or stone screen that supports the organ in a cathedral or church and divides the choir from the nave

rood screenna partition of stone or wood, often richly carved and decorated, that separates the chancel from the main part of a church: it is surmounted by a crucifix (rood), and was an important feature of medieval churches, though in England many rood screens were destroyed at the Reformation

screen gridn(Electronics)an electrode placed between the control grid and anode of a valve and having a fixed positive potential relative to the grid. It acts as an electrostatic shield preventing capacitive coupling between grid and anode, thus increasing the stability of the device,(Sometimes shortened to)
screenSee also→
suppressor grid

screen memoryn(Psychoanal)a memory that is tolerable but allied to a distressing event and which is unconsciously used to hide the distressing memory

screen processna method of printing using a fine mesh of silk, nylon, etc., treated with an impermeable coating except in the areas through which ink is subsequently forced onto the paper behind,(Also called)
silk-screen printing

screen testn

1a filmed audition of a prospective actor or actress to test suitability

2the test film so made

screen tradingna form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading

silk-screen printingnanother name for→
screen process

silver screenn♦
theInformal

1films collectively or the film industry

2the screen onto which films are projected

small screennan informal name for→
television

smoke screenn

1(Military)a cloud of smoke produced by artificial means to obscure movements or positions

2something said or done in order to hide the truth

split-screen techniquena cinematic device by which two or more complete images are projected simultaneously onto separate parts of the screen,(Also called)
split screen

wide-screenadjof or relating to a form of film projection in which the screen has much greater width than height

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screen gridn(Electronics)an electrode placed between the control grid and anode of a valve and having a fixed positive potential relative to the grid. It acts as an electrostatic shield preventing capacitive coupling between grid and anode, thus increasing the stability of the device,(Sometimes shortened to)
screenSee also→
suppressor grid

big screennan informal name for the→
cinema

fire screenn

1a decorative screen placed in the hearth when there is no fire

2a screen placed before a fire to protect the face from intense heat

fluorescent screenna transparent screen coated on one side with a phosphor that fluoresces when exposed to X-rays or cathode rays

organ screenna wooden or stone screen that supports the organ in a cathedral or church and divides the choir from the nave

rood screenna partition of stone or wood, often richly carved and decorated, that separates the chancel from the main part of a church: it is surmounted by a crucifix (rood), and was an important feature of medieval churches, though in England many rood screens were destroyed at the Reformation

3a frame containing a mesh that is placed over a window or opening to keep out insects

4a decorated partition, esp. in a church around the choirSee also→
rood→
1

5a sieve

6a system for selecting people, such as candidates for a job

7the wide end of a cathode-ray tube, esp. in a television set, on which a visible image is formed

8a white or silvered surface, usually fabric, placed in front of a projector to receive the enlarged image of a film or of slides

9♦
the screenthe film industry or films collectively

10(Photog)a plate of ground glass in some types of camera on which the image of a subject is focused before being photographed

11(Printing)a glass marked with fine intersecting lines, used in a camera for making half-tone reproductions

12men or ships deployed around and ahead of a larger military formation to warn of attack or protect from a specific threat

13(Sport)(chiefly U.S. and Canadian)a tactical ploy in which a player blocks an opponent's view

14(Psychoanal)anything that prevents a person from realizing his true feelings about someone or something

15(Electronics)See→
screen gridvbtr

16sometimes foll by: offto shelter, protect, or conceal

17to sieve or sort

18to test or check (an individual or group) so as to determine suitability for a task, etc.

19to examine for the presence of a disease, weapons, etc.the authorities screened five hundred cholera suspects

20to provide with a screen or screens

21to project (a film) onto a screen, esp. for public viewing

22(Printing)to photograph (a picture) through a screen to render it suitable for half-tone reproduction

23(Sport)(chiefly U.S. and Canadian)to block the view of (an opposing player)(C15: from Old French escren (French écran); related to Old High German skrank, German Schrank cupboard)♦
screenableadj♦
screenern♦
screenfuln♦
screenlikeadj

screen memoryn(Psychoanal)a memory that is tolerable but allied to a distressing event and which is unconsciously used to hide the distressing memory

screen processna method of printing using a fine mesh of silk, nylon, etc., treated with an impermeable coating except in the areas through which ink is subsequently forced onto the paper behind,(Also called)
silk-screen printing

screen testn

1a filmed audition of a prospective actor or actress to test suitability

2the test film so made

screen tradingna form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading

silk-screen printingnanother name for→
screen process

silver screenn♦
theInformal

1films collectively or the film industry

2the screen onto which films are projected

small screennan informal name for→
television

smoke screenn

1(Military)a cloud of smoke produced by artificial means to obscure movements or positions

2something said or done in order to hide the truth

split-screen techniquena cinematic device by which two or more complete images are projected simultaneously onto separate parts of the screen,(Also called)
split screen

wide-screenadjof or relating to a form of film projection in which the screen has much greater width than height